This problem came with perl 5.26, and should be fixed with revision hg:244ae8e0acba.
You can upgrade AMC (using the devel port), or replace

use encoding 'utf8';

with

use utf8;

in the 4 affected files listed in this revision.

Hi, thanks for the quick response.

Updated three of the files:

AMC-annote.pl
AMC-note.pl
AMC-prepare.pl

But I don't have AMC-perl/AMC/Annotate.pm in my install anywhere I can see? Where about is this file, had a dig about can't find it?

Thanks, Terry

But I don't have AMC-perl/AMC/Annotate.pm in my install anywhere I can see?

The file is installed as AMC/Annotate.pm (without AMC-perl). Maybe the following command can help you:

port contents auto-multiple-choice

Thanks but no luck.

The terminal gives me the following, but no Annotate.pm. I tried dumping the revision version into the /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/ directory but no luck there either. Many thanks for your suggestions.

Any idea where the file should be?

Thanks, Terry

iMac:/ terry$ port contents auto-multiple-choice
Port auto-multiple-choice contains:
/opt/local/bin/auto-multiple-choice
/opt/local/lib/AMC/exec/AMC-detect
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-analyse.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-annote.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-association-auto.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-association.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-export.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-getimages.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-apropos.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choix_pages_impression.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choix_postcorrect.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choix_projet.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choose-mode.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choose_columns.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-choose_students.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-cleanup.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-edit_preferences.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-filter_details.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-liste_dialog.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-mailing.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-main_window.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-make_template.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-saisie_auto.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-source_latex_choix.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-source_latex_choix_zip.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-source_latex_dialog.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-source_latex_modele.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui-unrecognized.glade
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-gui.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-imprime.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-latex-link.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-mailing.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-manuel.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-meptex.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-note.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-prepare.pl
/opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-regroupe.pl
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Basic.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Boite.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Calage.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Data.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule/association.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule/capture.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule/layout.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule/report.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/DataModule/scoring.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Exec.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/CSV.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/List.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/ods.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/register.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/register/CSV.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/register/List.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Export/register/ods.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/FileMonitor.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter/latex.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter/plain.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter/register.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter/register/latex.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Filter/register/plain.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Association.glade
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Association.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Avancement.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Commande.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Manuel.glade
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Manuel.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Notes.glade
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Notes.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/PageArea.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/WindowSize.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Zooms.glade
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Gui/Zooms.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Image.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Messages.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/NamesFile.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Queue.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Scoring.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/ScoringEnv.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/State.pm
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26/AMC/Substitute.pm
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-annotate.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-auto-assoc.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-auto-capture.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-group.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-manual-assoc.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-manual-capture.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-mark.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/amc-send.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/icons/auto-multiple-choice.svg
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ar/directory.xml
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ar/groups.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ar/scoring.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ar/separate.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ar/simple.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/directory.xml
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/groups.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/scoring.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/separate.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/simple-txt.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/en/simple.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/bareme.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/directory.xml
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/ensemble.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/groupes.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/simple-txt.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/fr/simple.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/directory.xml
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/groups.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/scoring.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/separate.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/simple-txt.tgz
/opt/local/share/auto-multiple-choice/models/ja/simple.tgz
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.en.pdf
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.en.xml
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.fr.pdf
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.fr.xml
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.ja.pdf
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice.ja.xml
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-TXT.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-analyse.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-annote.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-association-auto.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-association.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-export.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-imprime.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-note.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-prepare.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/AMC-regroupe.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/ar01s07.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/auto-multiple-choice.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/commands.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/flag.svg
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/graphical-interface.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/index.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/latex.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/prerequis.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/re03.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/re05.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/re13.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.en/usagenotes.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/AMC-TXT.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/ar01s07.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/auto-multiple-choice.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/commandes.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/flag.svg
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/index.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/interface-graphique.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/latex.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/notesutilisation.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.fr/prerequis.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-TXT.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-analyse.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-annote.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-association-auto.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-association.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-export.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-imprime.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-note.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-prepare.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/AMC-regroupe.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/ar01s07.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/auto-multiple-choice.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/commands.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/flag.svg
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/graphical-interface.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/index.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/ix01.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/latex.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/auto-multiple-choice.ja/prerequis.html
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/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/images/callouts/9.png
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/images/important.png
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/images/note.png
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/images/warning.png
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/index.html
/opt/local/share/doc/auto-multiple-choice/html/style.css
/opt/local/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/auto-multiple-choice.mo
/opt/local/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/auto-multiple-choice.mo
/opt/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/auto-multiple-choice.mo
/opt/local/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/auto-multiple-choice.mo
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-analyse.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-analyse.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-annote.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-annote.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-association-auto.1.gz
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/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-association.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-association.ja.1.gz
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/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-export.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-getimages.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-getimages.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-imprime.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-imprime.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-mailing.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-mailing.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-meptex.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-meptex.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-note.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-note.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-prepare.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-prepare.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-regroupe.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/AMC-regroupe.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/auto-multiple-choice.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/auto-multiple-choice.fr.1.gz
/opt/local/share/man/man1/auto-multiple-choice.ja.1.gz
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/automultiplechoice.pdf
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/questions.tex
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-amc.pdf
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-amc.tex
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-plain.pdf
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-plain.tex
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-separate.pdf
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/doc/latex/AMC/sample-separate.tex
/opt/local/share/texmf-local/tex/latex/AMC/automultiplechoice.sty

[end]

So your AMC version does not include this file. Try as is.

Hi Alexis,

Okay, now I can update documents. However, when selecting Layout Detection, I get:

bash-3.2$ auto-multiple-choice
Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\page{ <-- HERE ([^\}]+)}{([^\}]+)}{([^\}]+)}/ at /opt/local/lib/AMC/perl/AMC-meptex.pl line 119.

Looking at the forum, there are references to the install procedure, but not how to fix this problem. Sorry to ask again, but any ideas on this one?

Thanks, Terry

Maybe you should switch to the development version of AMC on MacPorts, because the 1.2.1 is quite old now.

I have the same problem for the layout detection, using macports. I already made the other changes for the encoding perl commands. I'm stuck with an exam I passed and now I cannot mark.

I don't know how to install the development version, is it possible to do this using the port install command?

Sorry, this was already well explained in the wiki:

https://project.auto-multiple-choice.net/projects/auto-multiple-choice/wiki/Installation_de_la_version_de_développement_d'AMC_sous_OS_X

However I have installed it on my OSX / macports and it doesn't seem to work ok, it performs the layout detection OK but it fails in the marking: it fails to establish the right columns, and fails to recognise the code name for marking association.

Could you first uninstall your AMC devel with

sudo uninstall auto-multiple-choice-devel

Then replace your local macports/x11/auto-multiple-choice-devel/Portfile with the corresponding one in the attached archive and install AMC devel again.

sudo install auto-multiple-choice-devel

• the layouts are generated apparently OK, but the data capture appears to fail to assign the marked boxes well (see attached screen capture)
• additional problems with the marking persist
  I can process the exam without problems in linux (ubuntu 16.04) system with version 1.2.1, but this one 1.3.0 seems to fail

Thanks for any help

The project was generated with AMC 1.2.1?

I re-generated it from scratch, starting from the .tex files, with the 1.3.0 devel version, where I get these problems

Is the problem specific to a particular source file? (Do you still have problems with one simple sample source file?)

I have re-generated the project again and it appears to work OK now for me. It appears I was still mixing up layouts from different compilations of the project. I apologise for the confusion!